Julia A. Pucci

Our case just recently settled and I now feel I can safely leave a review. Two of us consulted with attorney Pucci in early 2025 regarding a family law matter. I then brought my concerns of rudeness and poor communication directly to her attention. I am currently not sure if the name of the reception...ist/assistant was Lauren/Laura. Regardless, the attorney acted as though she could careless. You need helpful staff to assist with every aspect of your situation - not as though they are doing you a favor by assisting you. Given this treatment, we thankfully engaged another firm - who has been very helpful/responsive from start to finish. Future clients BE selective who you choose to represent you. Legal battles are generally long and with this type of treatment you will likely not be successful. Other reviews on Google even claim they have yelled at elderly clients.

I would not recommend Julia Pucci to represent you in your divorce unless you have an unlimited supply of money to pay her until the end. My first meeting with her I look back on now and feel she looked over all my financial information and the circumstances of my case to assess whether she would get... paid. I don't feel my interests were fought for or taken into account on any level. Once the money and potential for money were gone, so was she. I sat across from her in her fancy new office as she made mention of her hair salon side hustle at our first meeting and told me to take a Xanax at our second and only other in person meeting. I don't know much about being a lawyer, but I am a human being. Someone going through the stress and pain of a divorce doesn't care about your extra side business, FYI. But thanks for giving me an idea of why things have dragged and why MY needs weren't being met. They are fee generators, plain and simple. My experience with my divorce has been one of the hardest I've ever been through and my choice of her as my lawyer contributed to that. At about the year and 3 month mark I recv’d an email on July 3rd at 4:38pm with her 'Motion to Withdraw" from my case.  She was uncertain of the risk vs. benefit reward of continuing to represent me stating a 'material breakdown of communication'. My balance was growing due to the outrageous length of time it was taking with no progress in getting me where I wanted to be. Divorced! By the time I recv’d this email it was well after they were gone to be with their families for the holiday weekend. I had no hope of discussing this with anyone until the following Monday, July 8th!!! It still shocks me anyone would do this to someone. Especially a law firm that claims to "treat each client as family'. No, that isn't how you treat family. I scraped together enough money to keep her on as my lawyer in July 2019 only to have the same thing happen 3 months later at the end of October 2019. I'm now STILL not divorced and sans lawyer as well. So please, you're going to come across their website & possibly get impressed with how it's presented. You're going to see pictures of a team of women who are posed to look confident and willing to fight for you. You're going to step foot in their office for the first time and notice the newness of everything, even the smell. (You'll be paying for it! Don't let if fool you!) You're going to sit across from them looking for help and answers. All they are going to do is look at you with dollar signs in their eyes while they pretend to care and 'treat you like family'. I needed compassion and understanding and I received none. I don't doubt they have many success stories, but they certainly failed me. I write this review to prevent what happened to me for over a year and half from happening to another person. I am now left to represent myself, get myself child support (after a year and half!), and finally get myself divorced. I walk away feeling used and taken advantage of. I've wasted time and thousands of dollars. It all comes down to money for this law firm. They quit on me when I needed them the most. Also, as a side note, if you've read other reviews as I have, you'll notice a constant reoccurring theme among Pucci and Pirtle's comments back to commenters. For example, "Family law proceedings are so emotionally charged and can be very stressful for all parties involved" and 'Family law proceedings can be highly emotionally charged and it is impossible to make everyone happy'. As well as on their website: The 'emotions' involved in divorce. The 'emotional toll' it takes. My reason for mentioning this is it's an easy way for them to put our dissatisfaction back on us for being emotional. Don't fall for that either! Of course we're emotional! My advice is to take a breath and try to clear your head. Research many lawyers. Seek out free legal advice wherever it's available. Ask friends. I chose wrong. Very wrong. Don't do the same.